{"id":2441,"date":"2013-05-09T02:46:25","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T09:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2013\/05\/i-need-to-buy-new-clothes-like-everything\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:38:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:38:00","slug":"i-need-to-buy-new-clothes-like-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/i-need-to-buy-new-clothes-like-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"I need to buy new clothes. Like everything."},"content":{"rendered":"

I need to buy new clothes. Like everything.<\/p>\n

When I was working for the casino, I would buy a lot of clothes and books and movies and things. I spent so much money, but I stockpiled all the things I never had before and that I have now.<\/p>\n

Seriously, when you start out with virtually nothing–just one suitcase to your name–you spend the first year just trying to bring yourself to a liveable standard. And of course, right in the middle of all that, I had my nephew living with me and he needed *everything.* He literally only had the clothes he was wearing.<\/p>\n

Now though, I find myself needing a shopping spree once again. I’ve been rotating through my giant box of clothes, but eveything has writing on it. My terrible sense of humor is on full display and I feel like I’m to the point of wanting Grown Up clothes.<\/p>\n

I wish that when I was blowing all that money I’d thought ahead and gotten a few responsible outfits. But if I’m wishing for impossible things, I wish I would have married a millionaire or won the lottery.<\/p>\n

I just have to deal with the reality in front of me. Please excuse me as I grab my rose-colored glasses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I need to buy new clothes. Like everything. When I was working for the casino, I would buy a lot of clothes and books and movies and things. I spent so much money, but I stockpiled all the things I never had before and that I have now. Seriously, when you start out with virtually…<\/p>\n Read More<\/span> I need to buy new clothes. 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